Kernel system control information

Shared parsers for parsing file /etc/sysctl.conf and command sysctl -a.

Parsers included in this module are:

Sysctl - command sysctl -a

SysctlConf - file /etc/sysctl.conf

SysctlDConfEtc - file /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf

SysctlDConfUsr - file /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf

SysctlConfInitramfs - command lsinitrd

class insights.parsers.sysctl.Sysctl(context)

Bases: SysctlBase

Parse the output of sysctl -a command.

Note

Please refer to its base class SysctlBase for the sample data and examples.

class insights.parsers.sysctl.SysctlBase(context)

Bases: Parser, dict

Parse sysctl conf files, and sysctl command output.

Sample input:

# sysctl.conf sample
#
  kernel.domainname = example.com

; this one has a space which will be written to the sysctl!
  kernel.modprobe = /sbin/mod probe

data

Dictionary containing key/value pairs for the lines in the configuration file. Dictionary is in order keywords first appear in the lines.

Type:

OrderedDict

Examples

>>> sysctl_conf.data['kernel.domainname']
'example.com'
>>> sysctl_conf.data['kernel.modprobe']
'/sbin/mod probe'

parse_content(content)

This method must be implemented by classes based on this class.

class insights.parsers.sysctl.SysctlConf(context)

Bases: SysctlBase

Parse /etc/sysctl.conf file.

Note

Please refer to its base class SysctlBase for the sample data and examples.

class insights.parsers.sysctl.SysctlConfInitramfs(context, extra_bad_lines=None)

Bases: CommandParser, LogFileOutput

Shared parser for the output of lsinitrd applied to kdump initramfs images to view sysctl.conf and sysctl.d configurations.

For now, the file is treated as raw lines (as a LogFileOutput parser. This is because the output of the command, applied to multiple files to examine multiple files does not seem to be unambiguously parsable.

Since the only plugins requiring the file to date “grep out” certain strings, this approach will suffice.

Note

Please refer to its super-class insights.core.LogFileOutput

Sample input:

initramfs:/etc/sysctl.conf
========================================================================
# sysctl settings are defined through files in
# /usr/lib/sysctl.d/, /run/sysctl.d/, and /etc/sysctl.d/.
#
# Vendors settings live in /usr/lib/sysctl.d/.
# To override a whole file, create a new file with the same in
# /etc/sysctl.d/ and put new settings there. To override
# only specific settings, add a file with a lexically later
# name in /etc/sysctl.d/ and put new settings there.
#
# For more information, see sysctl.conf(5) and sysctl.d(5).
fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288
========================================================================

initramfs:/etc/sysctl.d/*.conf
========================================================================
========================================================================

Examples

>>> type(sysctl_initramfs)
<class 'insights.parsers.sysctl.SysctlConfInitramfs'>
>>> sysctl_initramfs.get('max_user_watches')
[{'raw_message': 'fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288'}]

parse_content(content)

This method must be implemented by classes based on this class.

class insights.parsers.sysctl.SysctlDConfEtc(context)

Bases: SysctlBase

Parse /etc/sysctl.d/*.conf files.

Note

Please refer to its base class SysctlBase for the sample data and examples.

class insights.parsers.sysctl.SysctlDConfUsr(context)

Bases: SysctlBase

Parse /usr/lib/sysctl.d/*.conf files.

Note

Please refer to its base class SysctlBase for the sample data and examples.